title: In reference to What is the role of tympanostomy tubes in the treatment of recurrent acute otitis media?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Margaretha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Casselbrant
authors.forename: Phillip H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kaleida
authors.forename: Howard E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Rockette
authors.forename: Jack L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Paradise
authors.forename: Ellen R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Wald
authors.forename: Marcia Kurs
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lasky
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bluestone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008876:Middle Ear Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*